How anxiety, books, movement, motherhood, and burnout quietly shaped the work I do today. People think I became a yoga teacher because I wanted to teach yoga. That’s really not the whole story or reason. I was born in Los Angeles, California before...
Sunday was one of those days you wish you could bottle up and save forever. Sunday was Father’s Day, the Summer Solstice, and it was my oldest daughter’s high school graduation party. After weeks of planning and what felt like endless to-do lists...
One Daughter Graduated and the Other is Practicing Driving and Suddenly I Felt Lost. I came across a quote recently that stopped me in my tracks:“You went all in as a mom. That’s why it’s hard when your role shifts from constant presence to quiet...
The other day I was sitting outside watching my dog wander around the backyard when I realized something, I miss summer. The feeling summer used to have when I was a kid and teenager. The kind of summer where you woke up and had absolutely no idea...
What I think burnout, graduation, forgotten anniversaries, weird dreams, and growing kids might all be trying to teach me A few nights ago I had another dream about lemons. Bright yellow fruit hanging from branches and this isn’t the first time...
Why Memorial Day weekend feels more emotional the older you get When I was younger, I used to get Memorial Day and Labor Day mixed up. I just knew one meant summer was beginning and one meant summer was ending. That was honestly the extent of it in...
The science, nostalgia, and nervous system connection behind the smells we never forget I’ve been noticing lately how certain smells can completely transport you somewhere else before you even realize what’s happening. When I go on my walks there’s...
The Other Most Beautiful, Emotional, and Completely Overstimulating Time of the Year It’s that time of year again, the one no one really prepares you for. May, or what so many of us now call… May-Cember. Only this year, it feels even louder because...
How we’ve lost the yoga principle of Ahimsa, non-harming, and slipped into a culture of judgment, criticism, and mean-spirited commentary, especially toward other women. You see it in the comments, you notice it when a woman rises quickly… and then...
The things I would say out loud, and the ones I would probably just hope she feels. If I could sit down with you right now, no distractions, no phones, no rushing out the door, this is what I would say. These last five weeks are going to go fast...










